Kater

Kater is a browser-based assistant that turns spoken or written meetings into clear notes and action items in seconds.

How to use Kater

1. Visit the Kater site and create an account with your work email.
2. Connect your calendar so Kater can join upcoming calls automatically.
3. Grant microphone permission or upload an audio file to start transcribing.
4. Check the live transcript panel for real-time captions during the session.
5. Click “Generate Summary” once the meeting ends to receive bullet points, action steps and follow-up emails.
6. Export the recap to Google Docs, Notion or download a markdown file for local storage.

What we found during testing

Advantages

• Straightforward layout made onboarding quick; I reached my first summary within ten minutes.
• Real-time captions proved accurate enough that I stopped taking manual notes on a busy Zoom call.
• Automated action items pulled verbs and owners correctly in almost every case, saving repetitive editing.
• Export options covered my daily stack — Google Docs, Notion and plain markdown — so sharing was friction-free.
• The free tier allows forty minutes each day, handy for short catch-ups without committing budget.

Drawbacks

• Transcription struggled with heavy accents, leading to a few misplaced names that required manual fixes.
• Only English and Spanish are supported right now; bilingual meetings needed a separate service.
• No dedicated mobile application, which meant joining calls from a phone relied on the browser workaround.
• Team pricing jumps sharply after five seats, placing it outside reach for some small agencies.
• Highlight editing is limited to line-by-line tweaks; merging segments still needs copy-paste in another editor.

After two weeks of daily use I’m keeping Kater in my workflow because the time saved on summaries outweighs the occasional transcription slip, yet I’ll watch for language expansion and friendlier tiered plans before rolling it out company-wide.